BILL NUMBER: SB 2185	CHAPTERED  09/08/00

	CHAPTER   344
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 21, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 9, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 12, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Soto

                        MARCH 16, 2000

   An act to add Section 22456 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2185, Soto.  Vehicles:  warning signs.
   Existing law  regulates commercial vehicles engaged in vending
upon a street.
   This bill would require any ice cream truck, as defined, to be
equipped at all times while engaged in vending in a residential area
with signs, as prescribed.  The bill would prohibit a person from
vending from an ice cream truck that is stopped, parked, or standing
on any public street, alley, or highway under specified conditions.
Because a violation of those provisions would be a crime, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime.

  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 22456 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   22456.  (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the
Destiny Nicole Stout Memorial Act.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares that motor vehicles engaged
in vending ice cream and similar food items in residential
neighborhoods can increase the danger to children, and it is
necessary that these vehicles are clearly seen and noticed by
motorists and pedestrians to protect public safety.
   (c) As used in this section, the term "ice cream truck" means a
motor vehicle engaged in the curbside vending or sale of frozen or
refrigerated desserts, confections, or novelties commonly known as
ice cream, or prepackaged candies, prepackaged snack foods, or soft
drinks, primarily intended for the sale to children under 12 years of
age.
   (d) Any ice cream truck shall be equipped at all times, while
engaged in vending in a residential area, with signs mounted on both
the front and the rear and clearly legible from a distance of 100
feet under daylight conditions, incorporating the words "WARNING" and
"CHILDREN CROSSING." Each sign shall be at least 12 inches high by
48 inches wide, with letters of a dark color and at least four inches
in height, a one-inch wide solid border, and a sharply contrasting
background.
   (e) A person may not vend from an ice cream truck that is stopped,
parked, or standing on any public street, alley, or highway under
any of the following conditions:
   (1) On a street, alley, or highway with a posted speed limit
greater than 25 miles per hour.
   (2) If the street, alley, or highway is within 100 feet of an
intersection with an opposing highway that has a posted speed limit
greater than 25 miles per hour.
   (3) If the vendor does not have an unobstructed view for 200 feet
in both directions along the highway and of any traffic on the
highway.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
